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Dedicated to the communication of news, science, and information of interest to the brain mapping community, and to sharing and promoting the science of brain mapping.

The purpose and goal of brain mapping is to advance the understanding of the relationship between structure and function in the human brain. Scientists in this field seek to gain knowledge of the physical processes that underlie human sensation, attention awareness and cognition. These results are immediately applicable to surgical intervention, to the design of medical interventions and to the treatment of psychological and psychiatric disorders.

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05/18 Notice of NIH Piloting of Procedures for Special Council Review of Research Applications from PD(s)/PI(s) with More than $1.5 Million Total Annual NIH Support Notice NOT-OD-12-110 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/18 Optogenetics project takes top NIDA Addiction Science Award A project that maps dopamine circuits in the prefrontal cortex through optogenetic manipulation was … 05/18 Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Women's Mental Health During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period (R01) Notice NOT-MH-12-025 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/18 Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Women's Mental Health During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period (R21) Notice NOT-MH-12-026 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/18 Change in NINDS salary caps for the K02, K08 and K23 Career Development Awards Notice NOT-NS-12-018 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/18 RFP Announcement: Nonhuman Primate Core Functional Genomics Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development RFP NIAID-DAIDS-NIH-AI-2012-142 Notice NOT-AI-12-031 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/18 Notice: Human Heredity and Health (H3Africa) Applicant Information Sessions in Africa Notice NOT-RM-12-022 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/17 NIH-led study finds genetic test results do not trigger increased use of health services People have increasing opportunities to participate in genetic testing that can indicate their range… 05/17 NIH study finds that coffee drinkers have lower risk of death Older adults who drank coffee -- caffeinated or decaffeinated -- had a lower risk of death overall t… 05/16 Paralyzed individuals use thought-controlled robotic arm to reach and grasp In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her ow… 05/16 NIH-funded research provides new clues on how ApoE4 affects Alzheimer's risk Common variants of the ApoE gene are strongly associated with the risk of developing late-onset Alzh… 05/15 NINR welcomes five new members to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) announces five new members to the National Advisor… 05/15 Request for Information (RFI): The National Database for Autism Research Challenge Notice NOT-MH-12-027 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/15 Final Weeks to Register for NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration in Washington, D.C. - June 20-22, 2012 Notice NOT-OD-12-109 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/14 Technical Assistance Webinar for RFA-ES-12-001: Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers (P01) Notice NOT-ES-12-011 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/14 Notice of Correction to Application Due Date, Expiration Date, Funds Available and Award Budget for RFA-FD-12-021 Pharmacokinetics Studies of Tacrolimus in Transplant Patients (U01) Notice NOT-FD-12-010 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts… 05/14 NIH statement on HIV Vaccine Awareness Day - May 18, 2012 There is a growing consensus that we can significantly curtail the HIV/AIDS pandemic by implementing… --- This feed has moved Update your feedreader: this feed has now (or rather, ages ago) moved to http://www.nimh.nih.gov/sit…		05/18 With fat: What's good or bad for the heart, may be the same for the brain According to new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital, one "bad" fat -- saturated fat -- was f… 05/18 Experts call for clinical trials to test non-skeletal benefits of vitamin D The Endocrine Society's new scientific statement published online today represents the first compreh… 05/18 UCLA researchers map damaged connections in Phineas Gage's brain Poor Phineas Gage. In 1848, the supervisor for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont was us… 05/18 New Study Shows Simple Task at Six Months of Age May Predict Risk of Autism A new prospective study of six-month-old infants at high genetic risk for autism identified weak hea… 05/18 Pain relief through distraction -- it's not all in your head Mental distractions make pain easier to take, and those pain-relieving effects aren't just in your h… 05/18 Acid in the brain University of Iowa researchers have developed an MRI-based method to detect and monitor pH changes i… 05/18 A Very Sugary Diet Makes You Stupid As we near the final year exams for schools and universities, students should be wary of powering u… 05/17 Study Shows High-Fructose Diet Sabotages Learning, Memory Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as … 05/17 Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Involving the Anterior Condylar Canal We present the imaging features of angiography and MR angiography of a 54?year?old man, who presente… 05/17 UCLA Headlines May 17, 2012 IN THE NEWS: How Fructose Disrupts Memory, Learning A UCLA study showing that a high-fructose … 05/17 In vivo Detection of Cortical Microinfarcts on Ultrahigh?Field MRI CONCLUSIONSDIR and 3D?FLAIR images may open a way to visualize CMIs. J Neuroimaging 2012;XX:1?5. (So… 05/17 Pain relief through distraction -- it's not all in your head Mental distractions make pain easier to take, and those pain-relieving effects aren't just in your h… 05/17 Thought Controlled Robotic Arm For Paralyzed Patients The journal Nature reports on a science fiction style jump in technology, where an interface on th… 05/17 Double?Barrel Stent?Assisted Coiling of a Basilar Artery Fenestration Aneurysm CONCLUSIONIn the case presented, a double?barrel stent configuration enabled dense coil embolization… 05/17 New study shows simple task at 6 months of age may predict risk of autism A new prospective study of six-month-old infants at high genetic risk for autism identified weak hea… 05/17 New technique reveals unseen information in DNA code A multi-institutional research team has used a new technique to map 5-methylcytosine (5-mC) and 5-hy… 05/17 Suspicion resides in 2 regions of the brain Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found that suspicion resides in two… 05/16 Quadriplegic Patient Has Some Hand Function Restored By Surgeons Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function i… 05/16 Researcher Discovers Role of Gene Variant Associated with Alzheimer?s Disease in Damage to Brain Circulation, Function A gene variant responsible for vascular damage to the brain is a promising new target for drug thera… 05/16 Apolipoprotein E controls cerebrovascular integrity via cyclophilin A Human apolipoprotein E has three isoforms: APOE2, APOE3 and APOE4. APOE4 is a major genetic risk fac… 05/16 UCLA researchers map damaged connections in Phineas Gage's brain In 1848, Phineas Gage survived an accident that drove an iron rod through his head. UCLA researchers… 05/16 UCLA researchers map damaged connections in Phineas Gage's brain In 1848, a 13-pound iron rod sliced through Gage's brain. He survived. Studying that accident, UCLA … 05/15 Segmentation of Corpus Callosum using diffusion tensor imaging: validation in patients with glioblastoma Background: This paper presents a three-dimensional (3D) method for segmenting corpus callosum in no… 05/15 Surgeons Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic Patient Technique could help those with C6, C7 spinal cord injuries. Surgeons at Washington University Schoo… 05/15 Some Symptoms Of Multiple Sclerosis Respond To Smoked Cannabis A clinical study of 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the University of California, … 05/14 The Brain's Neuronal Circuit Excitability May Be Altered By Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Lead To Brain Network Dysfunction Even mild head injuries can cause significant abnormalities in brain function that last for several … 05/14 Let There Be Light: It?s Good for Our Brains EPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert … 05/14 Smoked Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis Controlled trial shows improved spasticity, reduced pain after smoking medical marijuana. A clinical… 05/14 New Study Discovers Powerful Function Of Single Protein That Controls Neurotransmission Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered that the single protein - alpha 2 delta … 05/13 Recurrent network activity drives striatal synaptogenesis Neural activity during development critically shapes postnatal wiring of the mammalian brain. This i… 05/13 Compartmentalized calcium dynamics in a C. elegans interneuron encode head movement The confinement of neuronal activity to specific subcellular regions is a mechanism for expanding th… 05/13 Genetic recombination is directed away from functional genomic elements in mice Genetic recombination occurs during meiosis, the key developmental programme of gametogenesis. Recom… 05/13 ?2? expression sets presynaptic calcium channel abundance and release probability Synaptic neurotransmitter release is driven by Ca2+ influx through active zone voltage-gated calcium… 05/11 Speed Drawing Ability May Predict Subsequent Stroke Death Risk Stroke remains one of the leading causes of mortality and disability, even though there have been a… 05/11 Changes Triggered In Brain's Neuron Structure By Chronic Cocaine Use Chronic exposure to cocaine reduces the expression of a protein known to regulate brain plasticity, … 05/11 New Diagnostic Approaches May Help Assess Brain Function In Unconscious, Brain-Injured Patients Disorders of consciousness such as coma or a vegetative state caused by severe brain injury are poor… 05/11 Revealing the Stars of Brain Adaptability Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are found to bridge the gap between global brain activity … 05/09 Brain-wide neuronal dynamics during motor adaptation in zebrafish Neural activity is recorded at the cellular level, throughout the brain of larval zebrafish, while t… 05/09 Melanoma genome sequencing reveals frequent PREX2 mutations Melanoma is notable for its metastatic propensity, lethality in the advanced setting and association… 05/06 Sustained translational repression by eIF2?-P mediates prion neurodegeneration The mechanisms leading to neuronal death in neurodegenerative disease are poorly understood. Many of… 05/06 An oxygen-regulated switch in the protein synthesis machinery Protein synthesis involves the translation of ribonucleic acid information into proteins, the buildi… 05/04 Scientists measure communication between stem cell-derived motor neurons, muscle cells By tracking the cells' synaptic activity in a Petri dish, the UCLA researchers hope to gain insight … 05/02 Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change Warming experiments are increasingly relied on to estimate plant responses to global climate change.… 05/02 A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change Evidence is mounting that extinctions are altering key processes important to the productivity and s… 05/02 Preferential electrical coupling regulates neocortical lineage-dependent microcircuit assembly Radial glial cells are the primary neural progenitor cells in the developing neocortex. Consecutive … 05/02 Clonally related visual cortical neurons show similar stimulus feature selectivity A fundamental feature of the mammalian neocortex is its columnar organization. In the visual cortex,… 05/02 Experimental adaptation of an influenza H5 HA confers respiratory droplet transmission to a reassortant H5 HA/H1N1 virus in ferrets Highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza A viruses occasionally infect humans, but currently do not tr… 04/29 Autistic-like behaviours and hyperactivity in mice lacking ProSAP1/Shank2 Autism spectrum disorders comprise a range of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by deficits… 04/29 Glycolytic oligodendrocytes maintain myelin and long-term axonal integrity Oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming glial cells of the central nervous system, maintain long-term a… 04/22 Volumetric BOLD fMRI simulation: from neurovascular coupling to multivoxel imaging Background: The blood oxygenation-level dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI…
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An ink drawing form \"Glia and Muscle Sculpt Neuromuscular Arbors by Engulfing Destabilized Synaptic Boutons and Shed Presynaptic Debris\", which appeared in PLoS Biology (see Fuentes-Medel et al., e1000184) showing that synaptic growth at the neuromuscular junction entails substantial shedding of membranes, which are removed through a collaboration between muscles and glial cells. Image Credit: Vivian Budnik, University of Massachusetts Medical School

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